Monday, February 6, 2017

The World Must Unite against Trump

Der Spiegal, a German
newsmagazine, published an editorial calling for Germany to build an alliance
with other countries to act against President Trump.

Klaus Bringbaumer, the editorials writer, writes, “The United States president
is becoming a danger to the world. It is time for Germany and Europe to prepare
their political and economic defenses.

"It is literally painful to write this sentence, but the president of the
United States is a pathological liar. The president of the U.S. is a racist (it
also hurts to write this). He is attempting a coup from the top; he wants to
establish an illiberal democracy, or worse; he wants to undermine the balance
of power. He fired an acting attorney general who held a differing opinion from
his own and accused her of ‘betrayal.’ This is the vocabulary used by Nero, the
emperor and destroyer of Rome. It is the way tyrants think.”

And, like many in the United States, Bringbaumer calls Trump a serious threat.

The world has evaluated Donald Trump for what he is. Most Americans—at least
the 65,844,954 who voted for Clinton and the 90 million eligible voters who did
not vote—evaluate Trump in the same way as the rest of the world. Why can’t the
Republican Party make the same evaluation? Are the perceived political needs of
the Republican Party greater than the wellbeing of our country?

About Me and My Blog

The mission of this blog is to promote the
proposition that you and I should dedicate ourselves to building a culture of
peace by affirming that humanism will triumph the theologies of despair and the
ideologies of violence — a personal commitment to work toward eliminating war
and all other forms of violence.

By sharing through writing and interaction with
others we inspire, learn, connect, and in the process we can change the world,
over time, one-step at a time.

My goal is to point out values and new ways of
thinking that will lead to peace or point out impediments to reaching that
goal.

I value the work of others, I will acknowledge
them, and when I believe I can present their views in another way, from another
perspective or build upon those views, I will. In this blog, I intend to allow
in everyone’s comment his or her say, positive or negative, politically correct
or not, without moderation. The only reason I will moderate will be if the
language used is in poor taste, i.e. using foul words. I will not blog about
others in degrading ways.

This blog will not be heavy with statistics.
The web is saturated with any statistic one could imagine from a variety of
sources. Any statistic will be simply linked.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of
intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of
honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a
healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one
life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
(Success by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names
are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that
they do not remain the way they are. (Augustine of Hippo)

Some Men See Things as They Are and Say Why; I
Dream Things That Never Were and Say Why Not (Robert F Kennedy)

Bicycles are all about trust and balance …
that’s what love is. (Nikki Giovani)

Now retired after a forty-four year management career, Horatio now writes about things of which he has a perspective, and issues that he views are obstructions to the well-being of all life and world peace.